one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
it's been a long time; long time no see
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
together with; same; both; all; including ...
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
honorific/polite/humble prefix
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
while; during; while; although; all; both
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to